A village biogas project tests Zambia’s push to improve rural energy access
A biogas project in Zambia’s Nkhundye village is turning cattle dung into energy for cooking, irrigation, and meeting limited electricity…
As Ghana eyes lithium future, affected communities face uncertainty
After more than two years of delays, Ghana’s parliament has ratified a deal with a subsidiary of Australian miner Atlantic…
Angola’s highest mountain and its unique wildlife are now protected
Angola has declared its highest mountain, Mount Moco, part of a new conservation area to protect its threatened Afromontane forests.…
Tropical forest loss falls in 2025, but world still off track on deforestation goals
Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, down 36% from 2024, but the decline may reflect fewer fires rather…
Indonesia escalates ‘war on waste’ with criminal probe into Jakarta landfill disaster
On March 8, seven sanitation workers were killed at Southeast Asia’s largest landfill, the Bantargebang dump site east of Jakarta,…
Young conservationists are building hope & optimism despite challenging times (commentary)
Several recent Mongabay features have shared the emotional strain that conservationists are under from increasing environmental degradation, job losses, moral…
Novel DNA research shows massive native ant decline over hundreds of years in Fiji
Scientists conducting a DNA analysis of ant specimens collected from across the Fiji islands in the Pacific have been able…
Saving crocodiles from extinction
Community-led efforts are helping revive and save Siamese crocodiles from the brink of extinction. Siamese crocodiles are native to Southeast…
On World Tapir Day, data gaps cloud future of Malaysia’s tapirs
Asia’s only tapir species still remains understudied in Malaysia, researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society say. Recent findings from Thailand…
Deforestation is surging in Indonesia
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Indonesia’s forests, long…
Restoring land with wildlife & earning carbon credits in the Kalahari Desert
In northern South Africa, the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in the Kalahari Desert is teeming with life — and carbon credits.…
Nigeria arrests suspected pangolin trafficking kingpin on the run
Authorities in Nigeria have arrested the suspected kingpin of a transnational pangolin trafficking network, the latest in a series of…
Offshore wind’s clean energy potential remains largely untapped, say experts
Offshore wind has enormous clean energy potential across the globe. Though the sector has expanded in recent years that potential…
Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region
Since 2023, Peruvian development agency PROVRAEM has spent nearly $5 million planting almost 1,300 hectares (3,200 acres) of bamboo across…
Celebrating the ‘gardeners of the forest’ on World Tapir Day
Described as “gardeners of the forest,” tapirs help maintain healthy ecosystems by dispersing seeds and landscaping the vegetation. Yet they…
Heat, fires and agribusiness squeeze traditional Amazon açaí harvesters
Intensive farming of the popular açaí berry grew by 70% since 2015, while community cooperatives reported losses of 35% or…
After nearly a century, Taiwan’s legless lizard gets its own identity
A new study has cleared up a century’s worth of identity confusion surrounding a secretive, legless lizard found in Taiwan’s…
Peter Raven, botanist and advocate for biodiversity, has died, aged 89
Peter Raven was one of the most influential botanists of the 20th century, helping to shape modern understanding of biodiversity…
Don Janssen, wildlife veterinarian who argued that caring for animals begins with people
Don Janssen spent more than three decades at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, helping shape modern zoological medicine…
As Walk for Peace begins in Sri Lanka, activists call for animal rights
Aloka, previously a stray dog in India, has become a global symbol of compassion, accompanying Buddhist monks on their intercontinental…